https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-...-december-2020
I'm not terribly familiar with Harry Styles; am kind of dimly aware of him like most people who aren't cavemen are. He was in a boy band, I know that. Not sure which one, but it's likely I bobbed my head to a tune or 2 from them without even knowing it. Hey, boy bands can make some catchy tunes.
I likely wouldn't have even been aware of this photo shoot had I not been an avid listener of the Ben Shapiro show, where he discussed it in length recently. I'm not even sure if it's worthy of a thread, but I'm curious to see what y'all think..
I'm of 2 minds on it:
mind number 1: who gives a f#ck?
mind number 2: maybe we should give a f#ck
Maybe some of you have seen it: he's dressed garishly in these frumpy dresses, looking quite silly in my estimation. It's all meant to "redefine" masculinity I assume..or is a symbolic middle finger to "toxic masculinity", or some such weird sh!t.
But, as Shapiro points out, maybe it's not really an attack on "toxic masculinity"; perhaps it's just an attack on masculinity, period. While the word "attack" feels a bit dramatic to me, I do think Shapiro has a point.
I'm not sure if that's what's annoying me, or if it's just that the whole thing seems affected. They're presenting Styles as some gender bending hero, someone we're supposed to laud for his "bravery" and "courage". And that's 2020 for you: men who fight in cages for a living are "toxic", and those who wear dresses are "brave". Go figure.
I'm pretty sure if it was hip and progressive to wear flannels and carhart pants and work boots, this dude would be posing in a Paul Bunyon outfit. He's doing what he's doing for hipster points, and all the inevitable pats on the head he'll get from the woke crowd, in my judgement.
On a serious note, I do fear that he is the plaything of sinister forces we're only just beginning to understand..forces that are seeking to undermine western values and invert our most basic and obvious truths.
Anyway, I suspect he'll be embarrassed by all this in the future. Meanwhile I'll be embarrassed for him.